KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour is viewed from a high level in the Vehicle Assembly Building. Lights from above cast an orange glow. Visible behind Endeavour are the orange external tank and one of the white solid rocket boosters on the left. The many platform levels on either side of the shuttle provide access for work. The shuttle assembly rests on the mobile launcher platform, which will be lifted by the crawler-transporter for the slow journey to the pad. Rollout was originally planned for just after midnight on July 10 but the move was canceled by NASA managers because unfavorable weather was predicted to arrive in the launch area before the vehicle would be secured at the pad. Rollout is scheduled to begin again about 9 p.m. July 10.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour is viewed from a high level in the Vehicle Assembly Building. Lights from above cast an orange glow. Visible behind Endeavour are the orange external tank and one of the white solid rocket boosters on the left. The many platform levels on either side of the shuttle provide access for work. The shuttle assembly rests on the mobile launcher platform, which will be lifted by the crawler-transporter for the slow journey to the pad. Rollout was originally planned for just after midnight on July 10 but the move was canceled by NASA managers because unfavorable weather was predicted to arrive in the launch area before the vehicle would be secured at the pad. Rollout is scheduled to begin again about 9 p.m. July 10.
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